The Sims 2: First Screensots

[Adagio]

Strange downloading, I just downloaded it (and chose open instead of save as usual), but it took several minutes between it finished the download til it came with the "choose language" option... and about a minute after I pressed next it came with the "choose where to install" option

[Adagio]

Unless you've got a high-speed internet, it's not really worth much, since it doesn't allow to do something. You've only got very few possibilities

[FrostyBoy]

Originally posted by ADG


My bet would be they just recrated it... would be very diffecult otherwise

Actually it wouldn't be hard at all.

The game would simply take a snapshot of the angle the person is looking at, then a photo effect would be applied to that image, and the painter would simply reveal that edited snapshot.

[Adagio]

Hmmm... maybe...



Btw, why is there a staircase in the bathroom, in the picture where the boy looks at the woman taking a bath?

[Nikolai]

Wants and fears, I like it! But it's a long wait...

[Skanky Burns]

It looks more like an oddly-shaped cupboard to me.

[Nikolai]

New dev diary:

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesims2/preview_6100496.html

The devs are some sick bastards:

With the help of some extremely talented and detail-oriented artists, we were able to come up with a language of icons that allowed us to express, literally, thousands of wants and fears. My personal favorite is the icon for "woohoo"--that thing sims do when they play around underneath the covers and end up with a baby a few days later. (Wouldn't you like to know how many meetings and revisions it took to reach consensus on what that icon should look like...)

Above all else, a sim's wants or fears are consistent with the aspiration chosen for that sim. A family sim should want family things, like getting married, having babies, and teaching children. A fortune sim should want bonuses, promotions, and new electronics. A knowledge sim should want to build skills, see ghosts, meet aliens, and so forth. To keep things interesting, aspirations should eventually lead to extreme wants, like "Make out with 20 different sims." for a teen romance sim or "Have 15 kids." for the adult family sim. A big part of the game is figuring out how to pull off some of these seemingly impossible wants.

At the same time, we wanted each sim to feel unique. Each sim should want things outside of the normal aspirations--things that make them feel human and unpredictable. Some sims just want pizza! Furthermore, we knew that sims should want things based upon how you play them. If you tell your sim to flirt with Sarah, then your sim should subsequently want to kiss Sarah, and not just anyone. (Unless he's a romance sim, that is.)

[Adagio]

Interesting information

I like the menu

[Nikolai]

Me too. But those evil looking people electrofying(or whatever they're doing) that poor bastard...

OT: Nice name, ADG. Plan to keep it, or is it just a temporary name, as other people here have had?

[MattH]

They call that anti-aliasing? Are those supposed to be high-rez textures? That's what they get for doing the art years before release .

P.S. not window on diagonal wall, pics 3 and 4.

[Adagio]

There's some screenshots on the official site, I haven't seen before:

http://thesims2.ea.com/screens.php

[Nikolai]

Those are pretty old ofr me.

[Adagio]

Well... they haven't been posted here AFAIK

[Nikolai]

No, that might be right. I didn't check the last posting date when I revived this thread...

[FlameFlash]

I liked the new pics... though still know I won't be able to play the new game on my current system...